I used to think that the Elgin Marbles were actually the kind of marbles we used to play in the street with, and not great big statues. I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about and why they wanted them back.
A childhood belief about history
others believed things like this
- i used to belive that 100 was the biggest number in the world "i got at least a hundred marbles."— dan harris
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin
- I used to think that the word "statutory" refers to statues.Anon
- I used to think that boysenberry was poisonberry and couldn't understand whay anyone would want to eat it.Anon
- I could NOT understand why, if a pen worked on paper, it couldn't also write in thin air.— Can you guess what it is yet?
- When I was little, I couldn't understand why people called me a tomBOY, instead of a tomGIRL.— Amanda